I think that the main reason of WWII was a Chamberlain´s and Daladier´s politicy. The policy of appeasement, embraced in vain by Great Britain and France in the 1938.
Originally posted by dusan@Jul 11 2004, 11:09 AM I think that the main reason of WWII was a Chamberlain´s and Daladier´s politicy. The policy of appeasement, embraced in vain by Great Britain and France in the 1938. Nothing to do with Germany or Hitler then?
i have read somewhere that chamberlain came back from Munich and told the public peace in our time then went to cabinet and said prepare for war. i have posted this before but got no comfirmation. i can not remember where i saw or read this can anyone comfirm this? If it is true then he certainly was not a contributor by appesment but more by his need to speed up arming for war. regards Arm.
Originally posted by armourersergeant@Jul 12 2004, 12:58 PM i have read somewhere that chamberlain came back from Munich and told the public peace in our time then went to cabinet and said prepare for war. i have posted this before but got no comfirmation. i can not remember where i saw or read this can anyone comfirm this? If it is true then he certainly was not a contributor by appesment but more by his need to speed up arming for war. regards Arm. IMHO the British government "sold out" Czechoslovakia to gain around a year to re-arm and complete ARP training etc. Look how badly prepared we were in 1939. Imagine that war a year earlier! As far as appeasement went, many could understand Hitlers moves to incorporate German speaking areas into the Reich, at a pinch even extend this understanding to Austria - the vast majority of the Austrian people welcomed the Nazi's. However, leaving aside the question of the Sudetenland, the Czechs and Slovaks did not welcome the Germans. Thus it was clear that Hitler was not simply uniting the "volk" but invading Slav lands.
